Exchange 5.5 defrag : temp database on different drive ?

[riwa]

I'm about to defrag our Exchange 5.5 database as it has exploded (it's now 11,5gb) since we encountered a massive mail loop from a user who was away from the office while all his mail was forwarded to a hotmail account.

The only problem is that I only have 600mb left on the drive where the database is. I do have a spare 18gb disk that I want to use.

Is it possible that the temp.edb file is written on a different disk in the same server ?
I thought I could use the /t option from eseutil and set the temp. databasename to something like f:\temp.edb.


Thanks.

 

[rdroske]

That is correct, or you can even specify a network share on a different machine but obviously slower that wat.

 

[Zelandakh]

go to the disk with loads of space. Then c:\exchsrvr\eseutil /d d:\exchsrvr\priv.edb or whatever.

 

[zbnet]

Using a network drive for a defrag is very slow. It's actually quicker in the long run to add the extra disk to the server, do the defrag locally, then remove the disk when you've finished.